Yogi Adityanath से डरे Rahul Akhilesh Yadav | अपराधी’ को बचाएंगे तो यूपी को अपराधमुक्त कैसे बनाएंगे, Zee News

Rights group raises concern on Assam’s MSME ordinance; FINER demands developed land, KNN India

KNN India 03 July 2020 Guwahati, Jul 3 (KNN) Assam government’s ordinance to allow conversion of land for MSMEs to set up industries on the basis of a self-declaration — without the requirement of any “permission, clearance or licence” for three years seems to have taken a political colour as after opposition, now the Rights and […]

FIR Against Supriya Sharma Is Emblematic of How the Law is Abused to Throttle Press Freedom, The Wire

The Wire 22 June 2020 A bare scrutiny of the two documents used to register an FIR against the report shows that the alleged offences invoked are ex-facie not made out. The registration of an FIR against Supriya Sharma, executive editor of the Scroll by the Uttar Pradesh Police under Sections 3(1) (d) and 3(1)(r) of the Scheduled Caste […]

Attack on Caravan journalists shows “the impunity enjoyed by political groups”: The Network of Women in Media, The Caravan

The Caravan 12 August 2020 On 11 August 2020, three journalists working with The Caravan—Shahid Tantray, Prabhjit Singh and a woman journalist—were beaten, subjected to communal slurs, threatened with murder, and sexually harassed, while reporting in Subhash Mohalla, in northeast Delhi. The Network of Women in Media, a national collective for women in the media, released […]